I second the desire for a graffiti option! Palm, are you listening? Compared to micro-buttons or touch-screens, it really did seem more simple. Thanks for reminding me!
Then you could buy any phone you wanted to use or develop for. Having been in Europe for a long time now, I don't understand the US telco contract-phone market, but I am aware T-mobile has this 'unlimited' mobile internet for $40 a month, no phone included.
I wrote this out, because I couldn't figure out why Nokia wasn't on your Dev-list, but then I figured maybe Nokia isn't offered with contracts in the US, (or maybe Nokia isn't your personal pref.). At any rate, I really like Nokia, because I develop VOIP systems, and Nokia supports the open SIP VOIP-standard really well in the OS, which draws little power compared to running an application like Fring. So obviously I try to steer my corporate clients to consider Nokia phones, but really only the ones on the always-updated list of supported SIP phones:
The N79 has all the features the iPhone doesn't offer to this day, for 287 euros cash (like shooting DVD quality video, A2DP bluetooth meaning speaking-headset/music support), and even negates the need to carry a Polar heart meter when cycling with site/nav-GPS which is why I want one. Note that price includes a 19% value-added tax that businesses like me (sole-proprietership developer) do not pay.
And Nokia is attempting great things, like their Sports social-networking site, which I hope they make more dev-friendly: http://sportstracker.nokia.com/
And as far as I am concerned, no phone short-list is complete without the Neopwn, which runs Debian, Firefox, etc., and does *much* more!
Consider then buying a SIP compatible phone, and registering it as an extension on your asterisk-type system. Personally, I wouldn't buy or recommend a cell-phone unless it appeared on a list like this, meaning the SIP registration stack is part of the OS (which also means less power consumption than a 3rd party app like say, Fring):
If you are home, and your phone is within 802.11 range, it will register to your LAN and Asterisk server.
A ring-group configuration will ring all extensions in the group, including your Nokia SIP cell-phone. So if someone calls your home, your cell-phone will ring too.
1. Take an unused PC (or virtual machine) and install Ubuntu on it just the way you want to send it out.
2. You must decide if your distribution will include any home directories, or otherwise will be a 'proper distribution'. You need to know this to continue your setup. If you include a home directory, you can setup themes, firefox extensions, everything in-advance really.
4. In Ubuntu, select System > Adminsitration > Create a USB startup stick
5, you need to allocate how much space to to give this new USB PC. Slide it MOST of the way to the right (to create space for the user files) but not all the way (to leave some space for the OS, patches and new application installs in the future, etc.); I *think* this is technically accurate, YMMV.
6. Answer as per your setup decisions made on Step 2.
7. Send a whole bunch of free software out on USB sticks using some postal services.
8. Profit!!!!
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Now having done this, I wonder how severe the implications are of breaking whatever laws cover the following:
Applications like Google Earth 5.0 require a user to agree to Google's non-transferable licensing terms, (although I can install Google earth 4.3 without entering into an agreement during the install, but never-mind). It SEEMS like I could setup apps like Google Earth 5 in advance for my mother and not risk too much trouble with the law, even though she lives in the US, while I'm now in Europe. But what about doing the same thing for a relatively small Christmas card list of close personal friends who I trust not to rat me out to Google? What about sending them Skype also? (But note that SIP-based Ekiga still gets my strong support over Skype wherever possible)
Forgot to mention a critical piece of gear: a $20 holder for an AA size battery (rechargeable or dispoable), also a Nokia part, but I've seen 3rd party ones too. This provides effective hot-swappable power for the N95.
The new N79 replaces the need for a Polar heart meter also, while the SportsTracker GPS/app is really, really fun and runs on many models! SportsTracker even geo-tags images or videos shot along the way, and has its own social network features. You can view videos online, pegged to a Google map, share, see your monthly mileage, etc.
The headphones run for something like 12 hours on a single charge, so just the AAs for the phone are req'd. I really like these headphones, and thought the free wired ones that came with the N95 sucked, because after 6 months and results from a google search, I realized the tiny required battery was dead and req'd either tools I didn't have or regular service. All I needed to know to justify the BH-503 purchase.
Oh, I see in the bullets that links to, Apple's iPhone will begin to support it this coming summer.
Folks, lemme tell you how much I enjoy my Nokia bh-503 wireless behind the head headphones! Like how cool is it when I receive a VOIP call over SIP on the N95, while I'm listening to Mp3s on my racing-bicycle while the volume cuts softly either forthe SIP calls (or sat-nav verbal instructions)?
Etherape is gorgeous. I wish I had time to understand what it all means, but still I love firing it up and staring at the network traffic.
Another tool that I've enjoyed much more personal success with is cheops-ng. For documenting a networking, cheops-ng and a decent icon collection provides a pretty snazzy view of what NMAP can see. (NMAP being another tool I haven't had time to fully grok, yet)
From what I understand, the nicer setup made-possible would essentially make the nokia Phone a 1st replicating server, and what the public visits/sees is a conventional www-mirrored replica of the 1st (phone) server. (And the PAMP is something else, more like a regular Apace server)
The hidden beauty of this, is this is probably the fastest way to conventionally publish (or make available to editors) any photos/videos shot from the phone itself.
"At a recent press conference in London, the cowriter of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" said that the song had been viewed more than 154 million times on YouTube—thanks to Rickrolling—but that he had received a grand total of £11."
Recently in the New York Times, there is an article about how YouTube is segmenting its reach, because it is expensive to stream their media to developing nations, that fail to return costs back to Yahoo in the form of advertising rates/revenue.
This setup works well for me during my daily train commute. I use an external Nokia battery (rechargeable AA, 2500 units of power), which is essentially a 2nd, hot-swappable power source. This is a $20 Nokia part.
Because I only have a single SIM for my account (I should inquire if I can get a 2nd, but nevermind)... It is too delicate to swap out the SIM to a USB laptop modem frequently, so using the Nokia N95 as a modem is most efficient during the commute.
Wow. May I suggest placing each tiny little screw in some sort of secure safety-bag during this flight, from your seating assignment; In case a little tiny screw gets dropped to the floor of the aircraft? It might be difficult later, to relocate the missing piece later, if a mishap occurs.
I'm tired of getting my Windows OEM version. Now I know where I can buy the full retail version./sarcasm
Seriously, has anyone tried to shop locally to buy a full version, that won't force a disk format upon install, and will truly upgrade applications and user-accounts? I tried once, and it was painful. I went to all the PC shops in Amsterdam and only found one with a copy for sale. It cost 285 euros (incl. 19% sales tax), compared to the 109 OEM price.
Um, there's a difference between the German populace, and the Nazi political party.
The Nazies are a political-subset that rose to (excruciating) power for a limited amounted of time. However the German people are forever; let them live in peace, as shall we.
By and large, the modern German people are very humane, and have chosen to absolve themselves from their nazi-overlord-past/predecessors.
Slashdot Mirror
I second the desire for a graffiti option! Palm, are you listening? Compared to micro-buttons or touch-screens, it really did seem more simple. Thanks for reminding me!
This is a no-phone, data-contract-only option I am aware for the US:
http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/cell-phone-plans-detail.aspx?tp=tb1&rateplan=T-Mobile-Total-Internet
Then you could buy any phone you wanted to use or develop for. Having been in Europe for a long time now, I don't understand the US telco contract-phone market, but I am aware T-mobile has this 'unlimited' mobile internet for $40 a month, no phone included.
I wrote this out, because I couldn't figure out why Nokia wasn't on your Dev-list, but then I figured maybe Nokia isn't offered with contracts in the US, (or maybe Nokia isn't your personal pref.). At any rate, I really like Nokia, because I develop VOIP systems, and Nokia supports the open SIP VOIP-standard really well in the OS, which draws little power compared to running an application like Fring. So obviously I try to steer my corporate clients to consider Nokia phones, but really only the ones on the always-updated list of supported SIP phones:
http://www.forum.nokia.com/main/resources/technologies/voice_over_IP/voip_support_in_nokia_devices.html
The N79 has all the features the iPhone doesn't offer to this day, for 287 euros cash (like shooting DVD quality video, A2DP bluetooth meaning speaking-headset/music support), and even negates the need to carry a Polar heart meter when cycling with site/nav-GPS which is why I want one. Note that price includes a 19% value-added tax that businesses like me (sole-proprietership developer) do not pay.
http://gsmtrack.nl/index.php?page=merken&action=toestellos&id=708&id2=1135
And Nokia is attempting great things, like their Sports social-networking site, which I hope they make more dev-friendly: http://sportstracker.nokia.com/
And as far as I am concerned, no phone short-list is complete without the Neopwn, which runs Debian, Firefox, etc., and does *much* more!
http://www.neopwn.com/
And for what's worth, on the deskphone side, I just bought a Polycom IP650, for its speaker-phone quality, and It Rocks(!!), and with a great GUI too.
Consider then buying a SIP compatible phone, and registering it as an extension on your asterisk-type system. Personally, I wouldn't buy or recommend a cell-phone unless it appeared on a list like this, meaning the SIP registration stack is part of the OS (which also means less power consumption than a 3rd party app like say, Fring):
http://www.forum.nokia.com/main/resources/technologies/voice_over_IP/voip_support_in_nokia_devices.html
If you are home, and your phone is within 802.11 range, it will register to your LAN and Asterisk server.
A ring-group configuration will ring all extensions in the group, including your Nokia SIP cell-phone. So if someone calls your home, your cell-phone will ring too.
Along those lines, let me add these tips:
1. Take an unused PC (or virtual machine) and install Ubuntu on it just the way you want to send it out.
2. You must decide if your distribution will include any home directories, or otherwise will be a 'proper distribution'. You need to know this to continue your setup. If you include a home directory, you can setup themes, firefox extensions, everything in-advance really.
3. Install and use Remastersys, which will create a large .iso file for the next step. : http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/remastersystool.html
4. In Ubuntu, select System > Adminsitration > Create a USB startup stick
5, you need to allocate how much space to to give this new USB PC. Slide it MOST of the way to the right (to create space for the user files) but not all the way (to leave some space for the OS, patches and new application installs in the future, etc.); I *think* this is technically accurate, YMMV.
6. Answer as per your setup decisions made on Step 2.
7. Send a whole bunch of free software out on USB sticks using some postal services.
8. Profit!!!!
- - - - -
Now having done this, I wonder how severe the implications are of breaking whatever laws cover the following:
Applications like Google Earth 5.0 require a user to agree to Google's non-transferable licensing terms, (although I can install Google earth 4.3 without entering into an agreement during the install, but never-mind). It SEEMS like I could setup apps like Google Earth 5 in advance for my mother and not risk too much trouble with the law, even though she lives in the US, while I'm now in Europe. But what about doing the same thing for a relatively small Christmas card list of close personal friends who I trust not to rat me out to Google? What about sending them Skype also? (But note that SIP-based Ekiga still gets my strong support over Skype wherever possible)
Forgot to mention a critical piece of gear: a $20 holder for an AA size battery (rechargeable or dispoable), also a Nokia part, but I've seen 3rd party ones too. This provides effective hot-swappable power for the N95.
The new N79 replaces the need for a Polar heart meter also, while the SportsTracker GPS/app is really, really fun and runs on many models! SportsTracker even geo-tags images or videos shot along the way, and has its own social network features. You can view videos online, pegged to a Google map, share, see your monthly mileage, etc.
The headphones run for something like 12 hours on a single charge, so just the AAs for the phone are req'd. I really like these headphones, and thought the free wired ones that came with the N95 sucked, because after 6 months and results from a google search, I realized the tiny required battery was dead and req'd either tools I didn't have or regular service. All I needed to know to justify the BH-503 purchase.
You forgot to mention Nokia's support for A2DP Bluetooth:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth_profile#Advanced_Audio_Distribution_Profile_.28A2DP.29
Oh, I see in the bullets that links to, Apple's iPhone will begin to support it this coming summer.
Folks, lemme tell you how much I enjoy my Nokia bh-503 wireless behind the head headphones! Like how cool is it when I receive a VOIP call over SIP on the N95, while I'm listening to Mp3s on my racing-bicycle while the volume cuts softly either forthe SIP calls (or sat-nav verbal instructions)?
Well, he was properly cited; so why not? Maybe he is deserving of your trust & respect? (so let's forget the silly semantics of his given name?)
Etherape is gorgeous. I wish I had time to understand what it all means, but still I love firing it up and staring at the network traffic.
Another tool that I've enjoyed much more personal success with is cheops-ng. For documenting a networking, cheops-ng and a decent icon collection provides a pretty snazzy view of what NMAP can see. (NMAP being another tool I haven't had time to fully grok, yet)
http://cheops-ng.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php
You mean like Slashdot?
You are correct, and that's a Nokia hosted site you linked to. Nokia has also released the source code for the site you linked to, here:
http://wiki.opensource.nokia.com/projects/Mobile_Web_Server
From what I understand, the nicer setup made-possible would essentially make the nokia Phone a 1st replicating server, and what the public visits/sees is a conventional www-mirrored replica of the 1st (phone) server. (And the PAMP is something else, more like a regular Apace server)
The hidden beauty of this, is this is probably the fastest way to conventionally publish (or make available to editors) any photos/videos shot from the phone itself.
The chances for success are reduced, presumably to acceptable levels. Someone has already thought about this a bit.
FWIW, I can see the video in the Netherlands.
Here's an article I could recall that might offer some insight into the matter:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/should-youtube-pay-more-154-million-rickrolls-11.ars
"At a recent press conference in London, the cowriter of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" said that the song had been viewed more than 154 million times on YouTube—thanks to Rickrolling—but that he had received a grand total of £11."
doh! (Happy Monday)
Recently in the New York Times, there is an article about how YouTube is segmenting its reach, because it is expensive to stream their media to developing nations, that fail to return costs back to Yahoo in the form of advertising rates/revenue.
"In Developing Countries, Web Grows Without Profit"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/start-ups/27global.html
This setup works well for me during my daily train commute. I use an external Nokia battery (rechargeable AA, 2500 units of power), which is essentially a 2nd, hot-swappable power source. This is a $20 Nokia part.
Because I only have a single SIM for my account (I should inquire if I can get a 2nd, but nevermind)... It is too delicate to swap out the SIM to a USB laptop modem frequently, so using the Nokia N95 as a modem is most efficient during the commute.
Someone will probably do it sooner or later.
Google's open API's make this possible.
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'All your base are belong to us'
I wonder what they did, 'cuz Drupal can be tough to run at all if the .htaccess isn't working correctly.
Um, don't blame drupal; its much more solidly released than this .gov example. Someone at the White House is doing it wrong.
all system files are exposed, for example: http://www.recovery.gov/modules/statistics/statistics.module
either they've set permissions wrong, or their .htaccess is failing, or...
Typically, only 140 characters of text is allowed. That's microblogging (like sending out SMSs, but over the internet dude/ette).
Citation requested.
Wow. May I suggest placing each tiny little screw in some sort of secure safety-bag during this flight, from your seating assignment; In case a little tiny screw gets dropped to the floor of the aircraft? It might be difficult later, to relocate the missing piece later, if a mishap occurs.
I'm tired of getting my Windows OEM version. Now I know where I can buy the full retail version. /sarcasm
Seriously, has anyone tried to shop locally to buy a full version, that won't force a disk format upon install, and will truly upgrade applications and user-accounts? I tried once, and it was painful. I went to all the PC shops in Amsterdam and only found one with a copy for sale. It cost 285 euros (incl. 19% sales tax), compared to the 109 OEM price.
VMware View Open Client lets you connect from a Linux desktop to remote Windows desktops managed by VMware View.
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Um, there's a difference between the German populace, and the Nazi political party.
The Nazies are a political-subset that rose to (excruciating) power for a limited amounted of time. However the German people are forever; let them live in peace, as shall we.
By and large, the modern German people are very humane, and have chosen to absolve themselves from their nazi-overlord-past/predecessors.